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Sources: Information on how to help children
understand the terrorist attacks:
Suggestions for Adults: Talking and Thinking with Children About the
Terrorist Attacks
http://www.ed.gov/inits/september11/adults.html
Suggestions for Educators: Meeting the Needs of Students
http://www.ed.gov/inits/september11/educators.html
A Letter to Elementary School Students from First Lady Laura Bush
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/09/letter2.html
A Letter to Middle and High School Students from First Lady Laura Bush
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/09/letter1.html
President Bush Participates in Launch of Friendship Through Education
Consortium
http://www.friendshipthrougheducation.org/
School Officials Urged to Prevent Harassment of Muslim and Arab-American
Students
http://www.ed.gov/PressReleases/09-2001/09192001c.html
Where you can find additional information and resources:
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry http://www.aacap.org/
American Counseling Association http://www.counseling.org
American Psychological Association Online: Help with Trauma
http://www.apa.org/psychnet/coverage.html
Emergency Services and Disaster Relief Branch, Center for Mental Health
http://www.mentalhealth.org/cmhs/emergencyservices/
Helping Children and Adolescents Cope with Violence and Disasters
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/violence.cfm
Helping Children Cope with Disaster, National Parent Information Network
http://npin.org/library/2001/n00563/n00563.html
High Schools for Heroes http://www.hs4heroes.org
National Association of School Psychologists http://www.nasponline.org
National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
http://www.ncptsd.org/what_is_new.html
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Trauma, Disasters, and Violence
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/anxiety/ptsdmenu.cfm
Talking with Children When Disaster Strikes
http://www.tpt.org/TPTspecial_edition/walsh.html
Ten Tips to Help Your Kids Deal with Violence, Parenting Press
http://www.parentingpress.com/resp_10_tips.html
Terrorism and Children, Purdue University Extension
http://www.ces.purdue.edu/terrorism/children/index.html
University of Oklahoma, Department of Pediatrics http://peds.ouhsc.edu/
U.S. Government Information and Resources in Response to September 11th
Events http://www.firstgov.gov/featured/usgresponse.html
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